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Dhanushka Amarakoon
Dhanushka Amarakoon

Reputation: 3762

Django use of readonly_fields

I've been experimenting with the Django admin,

Can someone explain what use readonly_fields have and what difference it makes of just having the field as part of list_display and not on list_editable

Upvotes: 0

Views: 54

Answers (1)

solarissmoke
solarissmoke

Reputation: 31404

The difference is that readonly_fields applies to the edit view for a single object rather than the list view for all objects.

In the list view, list_editable controls what can be edited directly from the list view, and list_display controls what model fields are displayed in the list.

In the individual edit view, readonly_fields controls which fields are displayed but not editable. All other fields will be editable through the ModelForm:

By default the admin shows all fields as editable. Any fields in this option will display its data as-is and non-editable; they are also excluded from the ModelForm used for creating and editing.

Upvotes: 2

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